Can I use iMessage with my old phone number?

Just moved overseas, got a new local phone number here in Australia. I'll be here for a year, so I left my US phone number active. I was hoping I could use iMessage to still text with folks back home via my old number, but once I activated the AUS phone number it automatically switched the phone number associated with iMessage on my computer over to the new AUS number. Is there any way to switch it back to my old American number, or otherwise add it to my iMessage?

Hi,
If you add the Apple ID to both iPhones then the Mac version of the App should get the Pop ups to say that an iPhone is using it's Number and the Apple ID
By Accepting the Pop up it should add the iPhone Number to the list of "Receive At" IDs and numbers plus add it to the "Start Conversations From" drop down.
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